Shinjuku Boys

Shinjuku Boys
The Shinjuku Boys: Kazuki, Tatsu, Gaish
Directed by	Jano Williams, Kim Longinotto
Produced by	Kim Longinotto
Starring	Gaish Kazuki Tatsu
Cinematography	Kim Longinotto
Edited by	John Mister
Music by	Nigel Hawks
Distributed by	Second Run DVD
Release date	1995 (1995)
Running time	53 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	English, Japanese, subtitled

Shinjuku Boys is a 1995 film by Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams. It explores the lives of three non-binary or transgender men who work at the New Marilyn Club in Tokyo, Japan. The term they use for themselves is onabe, and the three protagonists discuss their romantic relationships, their relationships with their parents, their gender presentations, how they understand their own genders, and their different outlooks on life.

In 1995, Shinjuku Boys won Outstanding Documentary at the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Film Festival,^[1] a Silver Hugo Prize at the Chicago International Film Festival^[2] and Gold Prize at Houston Film Festival.^[3] The film received positive reviews following its 2010 release by Second Run DVD. In a review at DVDTalk, Chris Neilson praised the film’s directors, commenting that "Through low-key cinéma vérité filmmaking, Longinotto and Williams provide insight into the professional and personal lives of the trio of onnabe".^[4] Sarah Cronin of Electric Sheep Magazine also notes that "Despite the fact that it's a cruder, more dated film, it's the strength of the interviews in Shinjuku Boys that makes it an even more arresting documentary."^[5]

• Shinjuku Ni-chōme, an LGBT bar district in Tokyo

• Shinjuku Boys at IMDb
• Shinjuku Boys at Women Make Movies